This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Wake Up and You Might Not Get to Smell the Coffee?
Coffee beans have reached a record price of $4.44 per kilogram. This price increase seems due to a combination of adverse weather and the effects of the Covid19 pandemic (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/sep/30/coffee-bean-price-spike-just-a-taste-of-whats-to-come-with-climate-change). There was a cold snap in Brazil and there have been a string of droughts in coffee-growing areas. So, there currently isn't "An Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil". The Covid19 pandemic has also influenced care, harvesting and transport of the coffee crop. Experts believe that "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet". They think climate change will drive up the costs of many crops and predict that the cost of coffee beans will rocket.
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